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Art Brokerage has several originals by Mark Tobey. Mark Tobey was born in Centerville, Wisconsin in 1890. As a young man he went to Chicago and worked as an illustrator by day, attending the Chicago Art Institute by night. In 1911, he moved to New York's Greenwich Village and took up portrait painting. From 1931 to 1938, while artist-in-residence at Dartington Hall, a progressive school in England, Tobey met such intellectual leaders as Aldous Huxley and Rabindranath Tagore, the Indian mystic. In 1934, he went to the Far East, first studying brush-painting in Shanghai and then going on to Japan. A month-long stay in a Zen Buddhist monastery, meditating and studying calligraphy, proved to be the turning point in his artistic thinking. Despite the fact that he disliked cities, it was the urban congestion of New York City that Tobey interpreted in his earliest white-writing compositions. Although many thought him isolated from the mainstream of American art, he was not, and in his later years his influence became more and more apparent. In 1960, he moved to Basel, Switzerland, living and painting there until his death in 1976. |
Mark Tobey - Original Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, & Works on Paper |
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Mark Tobey
"Self Portrait" Works on Paper (not prints) Pastel on Paper 1949 | Hand Signed | Signed and dated in pencil lower right | Edition # | Original | Provenance & Extra Info | Was obtained from the artist after a self-portrait class Tobey was teaching. This piece was Tobey's example to the class. The current owner asked Tobey if he could have it after class and Tobey agreed and quickly signed/dated the piece. | Retail Price | | Asking Price: $6,300 Purchase / Request More Information | |
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Mark Tobey
"Untitled" Drawing Charcoal Portrait
| Hand Signed | Lower left | Edition # | Original | Provenance & Extra Info | Purchased from Gary Wallace Auctions in Ossipee, NH in 2000. Early charcoal portrait from NYC years (1911-1917) when employed at McCall's as a fashion illustrator. | Retail Price | $5,000 | Asking Price: $3,400 Purchase / Request More Information | |
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Mark Tobey
"Untitled, from Market Series"
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Mark Tobey
"Zoo Sketch #30" Drawing Ink on Paper 1950 | |
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